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Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Yonhap) - North Korea marked its 60th founding anniversary Tuesday [ 9 September] with a call for stronger solidarity among its people and a vow to strengthen the military.

Text of report in English by state-run North Korean news agency KCNA [KCNA headline: "Celebrations Of 60th Birthday Of Dprk Go On"] Pyongyang, September 7 (KCNA) - Celebrations of the 60th birthday of the DPRK are going on in the DPRK.

Film festival begins in DPRK to mark national day PYONGYANG, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- A 10-day film festival marking the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) kicked off Thursday, the official KCNA news agency reported.

Text of report in English by state-run North Korean news agency KCNA [KCNA headline: "Lots of Main Construction Objects Completed"] Pyongyang, September 1 (KCNA) - At least 60 000 main construction objects have been completed in the DPRK over the last more than decade.

Text of report by North Korean radio broadcasting to South Korea on 30 August [Unattributed talk: "Launch of Kwangmyo'ngso'ng-1 That Manifested the National Strength of Juche Korea"] We will carry a talk entitled, "The Launch of Kwangmyo'ngso'ng-1 That Manifested the National Strength of Juche Korea." It is already the 10th anniversary of the day that Kwangmyo'ngso'ng-1, our country's first artificial earth satellite, was launched.

North Korean officials claim they can launch working satellites at any time. Pyongyang celebrated the tenth anniversary of its Taepodong-1 rocket and Kwangmyoungsong satellite by saying it can do space launches whenever it chooses.

Text of report in English by South Korean news agency Yonhap Seoul, Aug. 31 (Yonhap) - North Korea on Sunday [ 31 August] celebrated the 10th anniversary of the launch of Taepodong-1, the communist state's first self-claimed satellite rocket, declaring that it can do the same anytime.

Text of report in English by state-run North Korean news agency KCNA Pyongyang, 22 August: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea has dynamically pushed ahead with the work to recycle waste materials for the protection of environment.